Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एतत्सारतरं देवि प्रोक्तमुद्देशतस्तव । कर्द्दमालस्य माहात्म्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

etatsārataraṃ devi proktamuddeśatastava | karddamālasya māhātmyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

So, o Göttin, habe ich dir in Kürze das Wesentlichste verkündet: die Größe Karddamālas, die alle Sünden vernichtet.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ (this)

• सारतरम्: more essential
• सारतरम्: Karma-qualifier (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारतर (प्रातिपदिक; सार + तरप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative: more essential)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (spoken/declared)

• उद्देशतः: in brief
• उद्देशतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (adverb: briefly/in outline)

• तव: for you
• तव: Sampradana/Sambandha (for you/of you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• कर्दमालस्य: of Kardamālā
• कर्दमालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्दमाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness/glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• सर्व-पातक-नाशनम्: destroying all sins
• सर्व-पातक-नाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; √नश्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (destroyer of all sins)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karddamāla

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses Devī, concluding the Karddamāla section; the landscape of Prabhāsa is shown as serene and sanctifying, with a subtle indication of sins dissolving like mist.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Karddamāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text underscores the tīrtha’s identity as a universal purifier, encapsulating the māhātmya’s core promise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Karddamāla tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added; it serves as a concluding summary praising Karddamāla’s sin-destroying power.